This disease is one of the most common among male pathologies, which can be of different nature (acute and sluggish pathology). This attack occurs for various reasons.
But regardless of the causes of the pathologies, the patient must undergo complex therapy to treat such a disease in order to be cured of this disease without a trace.
Here, in the article, many aspects of such therapy are revealed, how effective its application is. Questions have also been raised about the new methods used by the medical profession.
How to treat acute prostatitis
This pathology is not difficult to diagnose. It has such characteristics that are difficult to confuse: pain in the perineal area, discomfort when passing urine. Treatment of acute pathology includes drug therapy with antibiotics and anti-inflammatory complex.
Ultrasound allows you to determine the size and biological condition of the prostate. In case of signs of complex and acute intoxication, the patient should be referred to hospital immediately. Milder forms of acute prostatitis can be treated on an outpatient basis.
During therapy, some complications sometimes occur, namely:
- the development of an acute stage into a chronic one;
- purulent inflammation of the prostate.
More often, with proper treatment, complete recovery occurs in a fairly short period of time with the use of timely therapy. However, foci of growth of these tissues may remain inside the gland, which can damage the organ. To determine if they are, it is possible to determine by conducting a transrectal ultrasound.
How to treat chronic prostatitis
The pathology usually develops without pronounced symptoms, sometimes for quite a long period, calculated in years. Perhaps the appearance of such symptoms:
- the appearance of increased urine output;
- withdrawal pain in the lower abdominal cavity;
- dysfunction of the ejaculation process.
The treatment of this pathology is carried out with antibiotics for about 5-7 weeks. The course of complex therapy for prostatitis also includes the use of agents that stimulate tissue repair processes, and anti-inflammatory drugs.
Doctors in the complex also prescribe drugs for alpha-blockers, which reduce the excitement of the prostate. Among the methods of physiotherapy, the most popular for this disease are the sessions of microwave therapy and myostimulation.
Treatment of asymptomatic chronic prostatitis
This type of pathology develops without showing signs. Many experts believe that asymptomatic prostatitis does not need urgent treatment.
It is enough to perform some preventive procedures. Prevention also involves proper diet, active lifestyle, avoidance of alcohol and intake of vitamins.
Complex treatment of chronic nonbacterial prostatitis
In the therapeutic complex for the treatment of this pathology are used such means and methods as:
- antibacterial drugs;
- sessions of different types of physiotherapy;
- collection of herbs and various types of phytopreparations;
- Anti-inflammatory therapy.
The signs of the pathology are very similar to the symptoms of ordinary prostatitis, a sluggish form.
The most appropriate types of complex treatment today
The most popular types of complex therapy for prostatitis are:
- antibacterial complex;
- anti-inflammatory drugs;
- immune complex;
- physiotherapy sessions;
- massage procedures;
- operation.
What are each of the methods?
Anti-inflammatory therapy
The complex course of treatment involves the use of various drugs that have anti-inflammatory effect.
In principle, they are special tools, for example:
- candles with propolis (drugs with a broad spectrum, suppress the inflammatory process, increase the body's immunity);
- ichthyol suppositories (used in slow forms of pathology, increase blood circulation and have analgesic properties).
Antibacterial therapy
Antibiotics are used in this therapy. They are considered the basis of the whole course of complex therapy in all cases of this pathology, especially in acute prostatitis. This type of prostatitis can be completely cured with the use of such drugs if they have been prescribed correctly. And there will be no additional complications.
The main thing in this case is the correct selection of antibacterial drugs. This takes into account how sensitive the microorganisms are to this medicine, the capabilities of the medicine and the sensitivity of the patient's body to it.
The safety of the drug for the patient should be paramount when prescribing it, especially if the drug is to be used for a long time. A course of antibacterial drugs with obvious symptoms of an infectious lesion is prescribed. In this case, the patient's body temperature rises, pain in the perineum occurs.
Antibacterial agents from a number of macrolides are especially popular in modern medicine. These drugs have tissue penetrating properties. This ability allows them to overcome the tissue barriers in the prostate gland and get directly into the foci of inflammation.
Such treatment is carried out, as a rule, for two weeks, no more. In the absence of improvement at the end of the course, the use of the product should be discontinued. If changes in efficacy are observed, then treatment with the prescribed drug may be continued until complete recovery occurs.
Immunostimulatory therapy
In addition to the previously described treatment methods, doctors often prescribe immunostimulatory drugs, prostatitis drugs are cheap and effective. It should also be noted that the decrease in the body's immunity or the protective function of individual organs quickly leads to the development of bacterial forms of prostatitis.
It is therefore unacceptable to forget about immunomodulatory agents. Such drugs in complex therapy are prescribed when various forms of pathology are detected. In most cases, drugs that have zinc in their chemical composition are prescribed. It is this element that has the ability to destroy harmful bacteria and viruses.
Immunostimulating herbal preparations are no less popular here. Among them, the preparation of echinacea deserves special attention. There are medicines that are a combination of several plants.
They strengthen the body's immune system well. If the patient has a chronic type of pathology, antibacterial agents are included in the complex. Immune drugs give the best results in a relatively short time.
In addition, they contribute to the consolidation of the results of the treatment of pathologists and prevent recurrence of the disease.
Sometimes it is more advisable to use complex preparations containing vitamins and minerals, as well as herbal substances. Such funds help to accelerate the recovery process in the affected organs, improve the ability to resist any infections.
Physiotherapy
It is equally important to use physiological procedures in the complex of prostatitis therapy. Such therapy can help in the complex treatment and accelerate the "work" of the drugs, which ultimately affects the effectiveness of treatment.
The advantages of such therapy are the following:
- Physiotherapy improves lymph and blood circulation and this helps to quickly dissolve inflammatory infiltrates. The unimpeded flow of medicines is also ensured.
- The improved metabolic process has a positive effect on the recovery of the prostate.
- Membrane cell permeability facilitates drug penetration.
The most popular physiotherapy methods are:
- Galvanizing sessions (low power direct current);
- Electrostimulation procedures (cause muscle contractions);
- UHF (high frequency electromagnetic field action);
- Microwaves (action of ultrashort waves);
- Magnetic therapy (low frequency current with constant magnetic field).
Prostate massage (prostate)
This procedure is also one of the physiotherapeutic treatments for prostatitis. In this case, several types of massage are used. According to experts, regular sessions of prostate massage help to avoid stagnation in it, improve the process of removing prostate secretions. This procedure is contraindicated only when:
- prostatitis has an acute bacterial nature (the infection may become more widespread);
- there were complications associated with pathologies of the anus.
Technique for performing this type of massage
Sessions should be performed only by a highly qualified specialist - urologist or andrologist. This requirement is necessary to avoid harm. For the procedure it is necessary to clearly know the location of the prostate and the origin of its malfunction. Massage:
- accelerates the penetration of drugs into the prostate tissue;
- promotes increased blood flow;
- positively affects the muscles of the gland.
Surgical intervention
Surgical surgical treatment may be required with the development of various complications of the pathology.
For example, such a problematic phenomenon is the formation of abscesses and foci of purulent inflammation, which can be removed only in this way. Surgical treatment is also needed when there is an urgent need to restore the ability to excrete urine from the urethral canal with abrupt retention of urine, which occurs when the urethral passage is narrowed.
Surgery is indispensable even in cases where irreversible processes develop, such as prostate hyperplasia. In this case, the surgical method of treatment is the most effective. With it, the size of the tumor and the signs of pathology decrease.
This method can cause side effects, although most male patients do not have special health problems. In modern medicine there are several types of surgery, the choice of which depends on many reasons determined by the doctor as a result of the examination.
Treatment with folk remedies
This method is worth emphasizing separately. Scientific medicine does not consider folk remedies to be effective and correct, although some of them are quite effective and do not give complications. For example, pathologies can be performed with the help of the well-known parsley.
Pour a liter of boiling water, put on fire and continue to cook on low heat for a third of an hour. You can use not only grass but also seeds. You can make a tincture of the seeds.
It should only be remembered that prostatitis is a serious pathology. It will not disappear with the wave of a magic wand. Even with the disappearance of obvious symptoms of pathology, the process may go unnoticed by the patient and "a wonderful day" suddenly manifests itself with acute inflammation or another problem.
For this reason, it is necessary to undergo a course of high-quality comprehensive treatment, which includes:
- visit of a highly qualified and experienced specialist;
- it is necessary to strictly follow the course of treatment that the doctor will prescribe.
Only with the complex treatment of prostatitis it is possible to completely get rid of this disease and get good health for many years.